Just Atoms and Molecules? Or Something More? – Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science

How do we humans fit in the grand scheme of things?

How do complex human experiences, like falling in love, arise from the material brain?

These questions are more relevant now than ever before. Spirituality, artificial intelligence and science intersect in new and profound ways that challenge our belief systems. Join us for an engaging conversation featuring video clips from “SEARCHING: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science” and comments from MIT’s Alan LIghtman, Nancy Kanwisher, Kieran Setiya, and producer/director Geoff Haines-Stiles (Carl Sagan’s COSMOS).

PANELISTS

Alan Lightman

Physicist, MIT professor and best-selling author of Einstein’s Dreams, Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, and most recently, The Transcendent Brain.

Nancy Kanwisher

Neuroscientist, MIT McGovern Institute

Kieran Setiya

MIT Professor of Philosophy, and author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide.

Geoff Haines-Stiles

SEARCHING’s Director and Co-Writer, and Producer/Director of Carl Sagan’s COSMOS